HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Preferred stockThe financial definition for Preferred stock:A security that shows ownership in a corporation and gives the holder a claim, prior to the claim of common stockholders, on earnings and also generally on assets in the event of liquidation. Most preferred stock pays a fixed dividend that is paid prior to the common stock dividend, stated in a dollar amount or as a percentage of par value. This stock does not usually carry voting rights. Preferred stock has characteristics of both common stock and debt. Similar MatchesAdjustable rate preferred stock (ARPS)Adjustable rate preferred stock (ARPS)Publicly traded issues that may be collateralized by mortgages and MBS Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPS)Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPS)A type of Dutch Auction Preferred Stock (A Merrill Lynch product). Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS)Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS)Floating-rate preferred stock, whose dividend is adjusted every seven weeks through a Dutch auction. Further SuggestionsBlank Check Preferred StockConvertible preferred stock Cumulative preferred stock Depository preferred Dutch Auction Preferred Stock First preferred stock Floating rate preferred Click to compare definitions of Preferred stock Click to view definitions beginning pr |